Chapter One Waitlist
For readers who feel everything—and refuse to apologize for it.
Some of us don’t just read books. We unravel in them. We rebuild inside them. We let them rewrite who we are.
And when a story leaves us undone? We don’t call that weakness—we call that BookShook. And BookShookers need Chapter One.
Because reading isn’t escape—it’s transformation.
Chapter One launches July 30th. It’s $25/month and hosted entirely on Circle—no algorithms, no ads, no chaos. Just pure reader connection, the way it should be.
You'll also get a live event each month, hosted by me, Faith—where we gather to talk grief, tropes, storycraft, villains, and whatever fictional tragedy we’re processing that week.
Chapter One isn’t a book club. It’s a sanctuary for sensitive souls—a place where “too much” is sacred.
This isn’t just a membership. It’s for the readers who:
🖋 Underline sentences like they’re survival spells
🕯 Grieve fictional deaths harder than real breakups
📚 Know that “just a book” is never just a book
When you join the waitlist, here’s what you’ll unlock:
🖤 First access to the BookShook Circle—our private, glorious chaos for readers who feel too much
🖤 Monthly live reader rituals like:
“Fictional Ghosting Recovery,” “Build-A-Villain Perfume,” and “Movies That Betrayed the Book”
🖤 Devastatingly specific book recs, hand-picked to wreck you beautifully
🖤 Early dibs on every box, ritual, and emotionally dangerous product we ever drop
Here’s what you’ll never find in Chapter One:
🚫 Assigned reading
🚫 Pressure to perform or “keep up”
🚫 Pretending you’re over it when you’re not
And one feature I’m building quietly, but fiercely: a space for readers to connect with indie authors—before they’re popular, before they’re everywhere.
We’ll offer feedback, share their work, and lift their voices—all at no cost to them. Just readers helping storytellers, because stories save us—and authors deserve to be seen.
It’s something I care about deeply. So many beautiful stories are lost before they’re found. I want Chapter One to be the place where they’re found. Because helping a writer grow a story is one of the most intimate reader experiences there is.
Chapter One is for readers. But it’s also for the people who make reading worth it.
Because next time a book destroys you, you should have a place to land.